Definitions

rakish

[rey-kish] / ˈreɪ kɪʃ /

ADJECTIVE

charming and immoral

Synonyms

STRONGEST

dashing jaunty profligate raffish saucy sporty

WEAK

abandoned chic debauched depraved devil-may-care dissipated dissolute fashionable fast flashy gay lecherous licentious loose natty prodigal sinful smart wanton wild

Antonyms

WEAK

clean moral upright

Example Sentences

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Beginning their final league match one point ahead of bottom club Inverness CT, Accies went in front through Rakish Bingham's close-range finish.

From BBC • May 20, 2017

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